Process and apparatus for taking cinematographic views and films obtained thereby



1&6021231 Oct. 5,1926. l J

' A. PROCESS, m4n APPARATUS Foa.'V

.QU-IDGR 'ET AL TAKIhG GINSMATRGRABHIC VIEWS AND FILB&S OB TA1F2U THEREB Y Filed Sept. 1,5,

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The present invention relates to a vprocess 'and to devices for. taking *cinematograpliic images ingsnch n manner that these images,4 when' projected according to the customary methods.' may givethe impression of images in relief..

The invention can he carried out in practice, in a rotatinga prism or reflector sys.- tenx in front of the lens of the photographic instrument, which isstationarvv. while' the luminous rays reach it in directions which '.tric perforations which can be eoinhined are parallel to' the surface of a conc whosev apex is areference point chosen arbitrarily in tlie'tlircctlon of the scene to be reproduced cincrnatographimilly.

Another form of realization of the im'cn tion consistsv'in the combination, with the lens of the camra, of a. rotary screen which llas eccentric perforations.

The invention furthermore relates to a di- 1'ect`metliod, vof determining the reference point without the use of any special viewfinder.

'.llic inyention. also relates to inea-ns for bringing the image of the reference-point exactly uponv the centre of the lsensitized-sur- "face, that is to say, coincident with. the 'optical axis', when the apparatus comprises a system oi prisms combined with` the lens, said means consisting in a device for the adjustmentcf the system of prisinsitsclf.

In the. accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 isr a diagrammatic View of 'the device according to the invention. 'f

Fig. 2 shows-a modified form of the device. Fig. 3 shows a rotary.; screen having eccenwith` the lens of a cineniatographie camerav Fig. i is a longitudinal section of an apparatus of the present' type 'provid-cdwith a device for adjusting the systcinof prisms. Fig. 5 is'a cross-section along line l-A of Fig. 10.,

tion according to Ffg, a. pini'onl rotates 'concentrically to the"" optical4 axis of the camera (32 'which is stationary. This pin-ion G1 is driven h'y {.mions 63, G4, 65 andthe crank 66. The' pinion 61- carries acasing G7 containing an :opticalsystemT such as an arrangement vof prisms, a set of Amirrors or the like,wl 1ich transmit the 'raysvof light along the path indicated'. The-casing 67 therefore rotates with the pinion. 6 1. .g The inclination -oi the easing 'relativel to the -op- -the asis o-f rotation.

In the form of realization of the invenmuon nea .september 1e, 1224, .serial No. 738,054, am in Fes-nee man 17, 1524.

tica-I axis ofthe apparatus G2 and.. about' an axis (38 perpendicular to this .latter can be modified ,screw v(59 meshing with a toothed-segment 10' fixed vto the casing GZand concentric with (not shown), fixed tothe pinion 61.

mea-ns of a micrometer the shaft 68, which is mounted in bearings In Fig. 4, the optical device, instead of` hein'gconstituted by a "single prism, consist-s ot'v two prisxns' 1 and 72 mounted in s. v casing 73 fixed upon a rotary plate 74 rotatmg concentricall-y with the axis `of the apparatus and driven by an independent motor, such' as for example, a clockwork mechanism 45. The mechanism for the ob- ,70 jcctive and for feeding the film is drivenby' the e-ustoinary means. The modiication tem of prisms, asin Fig. 3*, the' inclination of only one of the prisms is varied, forexani-ple, the outer one 72. by means of a mcronieter sciew 76 lwhich drives a. helicoidal wheel (7 vkeyed upon a shaft, which is en' closed in the pla-ne of the-hypotenuse of the prism 72.

The dev-ice shown in Fig. 3 'comprises av screen 128 nmounted front of `the' objectiws androtating in a. plane perpendicular to the optical axis of this-latter at a speed wliiclil is uniform and slow, either continuous or intermittent, this screen .having a circular opening 129 which is eccentric relative to The 4centre 4of this eceentrically placed yopening 129 thus describes the basic-circle ei la cene, the apex of 'which'. 1s at a great distance. The photograplriic objective vplaced behind this screen can therefore be considered as a 'complex lens, and its different ortions may be considered as so many smal separate land distinct objectives acting snccessii'iely, in such .a manner that these small obiec-tv'es can be replaced by a' 'single ebjectivecf they same focal length, .to which is imparted a rotary' motion about the optical axis at a speedeqnal to ,that'of the circular opening 129. Theres tary motion can be `iinp'art'edto the-.objective or. to the `screen bj inea-ns oa vcrank 130 andai aseries'of pinions 111 as 'shown in.

the' drawing, the said crank. desired, also controlling the feedof the The .radius vnf the opening 129 may in- 'crease in proportion to the dist-ance of itsl centrev from the optical' axis, the screen and nov ne @time both presenting t .the time, are

i s titute it, lint von condition that a portion ofv the rays allrtved to pass by iris-diaphragm'.

the dinphragm, reduced to its smallest opening, is always in- -terceptealduring the rotation of the screen. It would iiloreo'ver'lie ioible to replace this diaphragm by a Simp e eccentric and rotary In order to avoid the use of a4 special view-finder, as stated above', theobjective itselfl eonld be used, owing;r to the fori-n of construction shoirn in Fi,f ,r. 4. In this figure it- Svill be seen that the obj ective 112 is mountsensitized surface.

ed in the centre of a plate 113 which is pro-4 vided on its periphery n'ith'teeth 11,4, which serre to drive it. Upon this plate '113 there is removably mounted a box 1.1G- carrying the system of prisms, said box bemgable to slide, by means of prmections 115 in suit able grooves inthe plate. This box is held `in the correct position, that is to say, with the' fixed prism 117 Awhich it contains, located in front of the objective 112, by an abutment is thus possible, after havingr released the bolts to disenga'ge 118 :1nd spring-bolts' 119. It

completely the objective 112 by sliding the box 116 uponth'e plate 113,'\ vhicl1 enables it.to bjnsed for determining the point of reference, the image of this point of reference being thus exactly at the centre of the The system of prisms example shown in F 1g.

its place and again obscures the obj'e'c'tre 112.*tlie image of the point of reference can .only reach the sensitized surface after liarviritrpassed through the prisms 117 and 1520,

So that. mortierto brin-g it exactly to the centre of this'snrfnce, it is necessary to vnry .tlie position ot the system of prisms, which can be effected. by means of the :r1-rangement' shown invFigs. and 5. The prism 117, called innerfprism, is nt 15"A 'and is located before the objective in 'such aina'nner that its silrererl or reecting surface sends back the luminous rays commey from Ithe object photographed' to said objective.' which rays hure been reflected by theseeonfl' prism 120,.

known ns outer prism. The distance separating these` prisms from each other is vnl-if able 'and with this engel 'in view, the prism 120 -is'm'ounted in :r boit-121 v capable of slid in;r in the interior oi the box 11B b 'meen's of slidcways 129. and'of being'r held in any eomprisesfas in theY 4.-, two prisms 117` and 120 and 1when the box 116 is returned to Flower! desired position by means of springfpins or by -xneans of" any yother suitable-device..

An opening formed at. a suitable point.A in i the box 4121 enables the outer face .of the prism..1 20 to receive the lnnin'ous rays enmnating 'from fthe object to be {Jl-roto# grapheti. In order to bring the inizrfcof the point of :efe-rence .to the centre' o the sensitized.snraeqtbe .outer prism'niust be' movable nbout'a vertical axis which coin- 'cides with that of its rellec'ting 'surface and about a horizontal axis pnssing'throngh the -v centre of said surface. These movements are -obtnined by meansofplntes or toothedseinncnts one of which 19.3 is arranged horivzontully and the other 124, is vertical,- these plates on segments engaging resii'ectively with mi- 125 and 126 actuated from crometer screws the exterior of the box, these screws being of course arranged vin sucb' a manner as to remain in engagement with ltheir segments whatever may be the movements imparted to the prism, -these movements bei-ngmoreover, always o very slight amplitude;

B ynthese means, the image of the point of the sen-sitizedsurfxce during the lperiod of reference will be. reflected tothe centre i of rotation of the objective about its axis.,

Itis evident that the speed of this rotation can .\a1'y. aceo1 tling to thev distance apart of the prisms 1 17 and 120.

Aupon the saine apparatus, vthe perforated screen 128 shown in Fi g. 3 and tbesystem ,of prisms 117' and 12() shown in Fig. 4;. The effectof relief vduring projection'thus be` I'. would obviously be possible to 'combine comes stronger'- wliatever muy be the position-oitl'ie:perforated portion of the screen relative to 'theV prism. Nevertheless, the

maximum relief will Le' obtained n'lien the' orifice of the lscreenv is ,dinnietrically op, f

posed to the outer prism, the 'screenbeing oftheobjective. On .the contrary, the said orifice should be ploeed on the saine side as the outer prism, if front of or behind the objective.

Thel-norement Iof vthe, crank the feed of the film is transmitted'hy-means'.

of p-i'nions, :is shown in Fig, 9,01' .by means of belts to tbe plate 113,. .to'whicl1 the objec tive'rnay ormay not screen. The rotation thi-1s obtained may be continuous or intermittent and' the objective itselfmay or may not take 'part therein inylependently of the-screen and the system of pri-sms;

The combi-nation of a. perforated screen 'ns described with an ol-ijective can lie-utilized in ordinary stereoscop'y for the purpose of' arranged between the tivo'consti-tl-ient .parts f1 mening,"

the screen' is' mounted .in

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,be fixed, and. to the increasing the efi'ectof relief, as -well'ns vin y 4 micro-photography forthe 4'tm-ribose of' obtaining; stereoscopic clichs, the screen, in

this case, njot Abeing a rotary motion,

' paratus,

3"fg-raphic views,- giving,

the distance and relief of the 'their forni Withoutv thereby nece-,ast

but being merely 4Vrotated by half a. :turn

after each photogra'phhasbeen taken, it could alsol be applied to vmicroscopic eine matography relief, the screen being then given a very slow rotary motion communicated by the crank of the einematographic camera placed above vthe microscope; It could also be use tl forthe direct projection, with relief, of any preparations orobjects, the screen being then given the rota-ry movement mentioned above.

It is moreover evident that these devices could be' put to a variety of uses hand that various modifications could be made both in the arrangement 4of the parts as. weil ns in altering the spiritof the invention. l

1. A process of obtaining 'cinematographic views giving', when projected, the impression of the distance and' relie-f of vthe objects, Wh-icli consists in causing the axis of the beamof light received by a sensitized surface to -rotate about the optical axis 'of a camera, so that the Vaxis of the beam remains. at ,a constant angle'wilh said 'optica-l axis,-whilemaintaining the camera., 'whose axis' is stationary, also stationary, and; sov

'that the axis of said vbeam passes through a fixed point which is in space situate upon said optieal axis, and forms, with the incident surface of the optical system of the apan angle less than a right angle.

2. VAnapparatns for 'obtaining ciniinatowhen projected, the impression 'of objects'comrising a cinematographic camera whose optical axis passes through a fixed point in space,jan auxiliary optical system to which is imparted a rotary movement i in -a plane perpendicular to the optical axis at a speed enabling more than four views to bev taken at each' complete revolution, andv vmeans for causing rotation of the -auxiliary optical system.

'3. .An .apparatus for obtaining. cinematt graphic views giving, when projected, the impression of the distance and relief of the objects comprising a' 'stationary cinematographic camera the optical axis of which is also stationary, an auxiliary optical system cooperative with the. objective and'feonsistingo 'a screen having' an opening araxis, and `means for 'imparting a. rotary `movement; tothe screen in a piane perpendicular-to the optical axis with a velocity such -as toenable-more thanfour views to' be ytaken for eatehcomplete rotation of .the

when projected, the'- ranged eecentricaliy rela-tive to the optical the optical asis of which parting to gra p-iiic pases through a .fixed point in space, an

-Lanai-liar); optical system associa-ted 'with the objective und composed of a screen having an opening of variable shape :infringed-eccentrically relative -to the optical axis, this scrcenbeing fomned at the'limit of its opening by-a semi-circle, and means for impart ing;1r a rotary moven'xent to tlis screen 1na plane perpendicular to the optical 'axis at' a. sneed which-'enables more than four views to be obtained for each complete rotation O f the screen.y v

5. An apparatus for obtaining cinematographic views, giving., when projected, theimpre'ssionof the distance and relief of the objects co'mnrisn;r a stationary cinematothe optical axis'of lwhich graphic camera, passes through a fixed point in space, un

auxiliary optical s 'stem cooperative with the objective and formed by a screen having an opening of variable vshape arranged ec- 'centri-cally relative to the optical axis, said screen being formed at Jthe limit of its open ing by a semi-circle, and means for impartingr to the said screen a rotary movement in a pla-ne perpendicular to the optical axis at a velocity enabling vmore than four views to be obtained for each complete rotation 'o the screen. i

6. An apparatus for obtainingcineum'tographic views giving,` when projected, the

nnprcssion of the dista-nce. and relief of the A .objects comprising a stationary Vcinematothe optical axis of which i graphic camel-a, passesl through a fixed point 1n space, an auxiliary .loptilf-systgnilteginecl of retient lng sur aces, one of tvliich is arranged 1n front of the obgect'rve wh-ile the other-ris displaced relative to this latter and receives, y at an angle less than l a right angle, 4the asis ofthe beam of vlight. which acts npofn the sensitized surfacesnnd'which passes through a fixed point in space,foi-inmg a' constant v angle Awith the -optieal axis, Ameans for iin-V parting to thetwo retiecting Asurfaces a rotaryni-ovement in a .plane perpendicularto. the optical axis at a velocity enabling' .more than four images 7. An apparatus for obtaining cineinat graph-ic 'views giving, 'when projected, the impression of the distance and relief of the objects comprisin camera, t e optica-l `asis of which passes through a fixed point in space, an anixliary opticalsystem formed of reieeting'fsurtaces, one of which is ier-ranged in v to be obtained for ea-chg complete rotation of the screen.

a stationary eii'ie'inatoiront of the objective While the other is dis.

placed 'relative 'to of the beam of light which -acts npon the this 'latter andA receives. 'atan angle less than a right angle-, the axis sensitized surf-aces 'and Ywhich Vpassies lthrough V- a tired point inspace, "fortnings ,constant angle with the optical' axis, 'Ineens for ifmthe `t-vvo retieeting surfacesl a Ifo- Vim relatively moving'tb'c two reflecting surfaces in s1l` direction towards or away from'cnch other. j

' 8. An npparatusfor obtaining .cinenmtographic views, giving, when projected, the im rcssion of the distance 'and relief of the ob]ects comprising a stationr cinematographicv camera, the' oitical' axis of wliieh passes throughl 'n fixe point 1n' space, an optical system constituted by a perforated screenV placed eccentrically relatively to the objective and by a system'V formed of two x'eliecting surfaces', one internal, the other external, and means for rotating the screen- -and the retiecting :surfaces in plane perf pendicular to the optial I:Joris and at vthe same Speed, the eceentri'c opening of' the screen being, during the. entire rotation, diametrically opposite to the external reiecting surfaces. '1

9.7Avn apparatus 'forA loltsxiri'inig'.oi-neizmitc ,Levee-MM- graphic, s'ien'fsg giving, when' peog'eete, .the nzipression of the distance 'anti relief of the ohgects complying :il stationary 'ememat graphic cnn-icm, the opticalex-is of whichpasses through u. fixed point in space, van cptieni system cvonfstitnted by 'an 'eeee'ntric perfointed screen placed in cooperative relation with-theobj'eetiie :incl by v@system com4 poscdof two ije'ecting surfaces, one internal' and'trlieotheij external, and :nenn-s for causing the screen und --therei'leetmgr surfaces to rotate in'Qa plane perpendicular to the optical axis and-:it the same velocity, the cccentrl opcningvrof the screen being c 1inmetrica-ily opposite to the inner' reflecting surfaces.

l0. in apparat-us for obtaining cinematogmphic views, giving, when rojected, the im -ression of the dista-'nce :in-Ci oblcctfs, eom-pz'isinfru 'stationary oineinato graphic camera,

'passes through' a fied4 joint in space, en

' optical system constitute by aneecentli'cally perforated sceen placed in cooperative-re lation with the objective and. by a system formed. 'of two ifeiiecting, surfaces, one-internal and .the .other-extenel, and ineens for' causing-thesciieen and thefetleetingssur tiie optical aims of which.

faces' relief of the tie-irl exis and' at the seme spee', v,the 'eoeentrc iupe'ning of the screen being d iemetricnlly opposite the-internal re'f'ecting surta'oe's.

- *QUIDOnAUGnSTE Josemi,-

ADOL-PHE HEeUBrE-L ffY 

